(archaic) an emperor / (archaic, by extension) the imperial court / (archaic, by extension) a government / (archaic) a governor / (archaic) an high-ranking official, nobleman

(archaic) high-ranking, noble

(obsolete) Abbreviation of 図書館: library

ebb and flow (flowing out and in of the tide)

the Shu Han dynasty of China (221–263)

a male given name

Short for 日本武道館 (Nippon Budōkan, “the Nippon Budokan”).

(colloquial) the 菅原 (Sugawara) clan

former name of Shimonoseki City in Yamaguchi Prefecture prior to 1902

(traditional Japanese music) the high notes and low notes, the highs and lows of a piece of music